Seafood Mama - Harden My Heart (Live KOIN-TV 1980)

[@Jav_Monger]

I was a limo chauffeur from 84 to 86 in Portland. I drove for Seafood / Flash several times and enjoyed the music. Also drove for Heart, Nu Shooz and Pat Benetar among others.

[@davidcombs3361]

Nick O I love heart were they great

[@buddyclem7328]

That must have been exciting!

[@davidcouch6514]

I visited there then; cool city.

[@raddmann336]

Man if Ann and Nancy had been in my car I never would stop driving

[@verutschkow]

You lucky thing ...

[@ianzukswert3185]

You gotta love all the critiques from nobodies. This band was regional and sound great with a talented lead singer in Rindy that you cannot beat.

[@ulyssesnorth6843]

So this is early Quarterflash, excellent.

[@KidsOnCampus2]

I never saw Seafood Mama but I still have the single in a picture sleeve! I worked with the bass player, Blaine, in the summer of '85, I think. I loaned him my bass for a gig one weekend because he no longer owned one. I did see Quarterflash a few times and regularly served up ice cream to lead guitarist Jack Charles and bassist Rich Gooch and his wife, who both lived around the block from the Baskin Robbins I worked at in high school! I later became good friends with keyboardist Rick DiGiallonardo when he was in Dan Reed Network. He later went on the get his doctorate in music and became a professor of music for many years!

[@madadhdubh4831]

saw these folks at the Central Tavern on night, was blown away. God I miss the old days. long live North West Rock.

[@robertallen5980]

We hired them to play a few times at my parents’ tavern in Hillsboro, first when they were Beggars Opera and later as Seafood Mama. The band was likeably eclectic with a very diverse playlist (including their version of the song ‘Seafood, Mama.’) Developed an instant crush on the pretty hippy chick who sang and played sax.

[@davidcombs3361]

I'm from Oregon I just saw quarterflash last summer at the free concert in the park in grants pass

[@marshallsowder5391]

Really I saw them when they were sea food momma

[@charlesarturo7718]

@@marshallsowder5391 Seafood Mama at Arbuckle Flatts 1979...or so...

[@tomschultze7406]

Still remember when QuarterFlash played at the Estacada Timber Festival back in the early 80s, They Rocked the Timber Bowl,Ill never forget it.Rock on Rindy.

[@uricbonser5446]

This version of the song was a regional hit. When Quarterflash formed, Marv Ross decided to "jazz it up".

[@DrummerDanVa]

Always cool seeing bands before they were famous and had big success. This was excellent!

[@tod3msn]

This version is really attractive because you can clearly hear the words and it really is a lyrically brilliant track. Marv was visited by the song Gods the day he wrote “Harden My Heart.”

[@deejayemceeflounder4328]

I reckon ol’ Marv got visited by more than just the song gods. He got visited by the hot wife gods too.

[@TravelinBand747]

Just excellent writing and songcrafting. Not sure if he wrote it in a single day or over an extended period of time, but he gave it to the band and an early 80s classic was born!

[@uncleelmer]

The song essentially remained the same under Quarterflash with the real difference being production emphasizing a more pleaful tone in Rindy's Quarterflash version of "Harden" which is more polished and radio friendly.

[@Neptuneman07]

Love this early performance of their monster smash. Great tune.

[@stacywilliams7123]

Thank you!! I think I might have been nine or 10 and this band has stayed with me forever! Love you Rindy Ross!!

[@susansager9540]

Used to go see them in Portland at The Euphoria Tavern a lot.

[@tod3msn]

It's hard to believe this song was first broadcast in August of 1980--39 years ago! Great song. God, Marv had the song angels visiting him when he wrote "Harden My Heart." Rindy singing it in August of 1980 sounds like a hit then and it was before the polished production that came when Geffen signed Quarterflash. Great great song!

[@raddmann336]

It's a great song and she is very talented but it's hard for me to believe that they didn't purposely try to sound like Pat Benatar who was at her peak then. I've seen a few interviews with them and they seem like they are really good people. Both were teachers and she taught autistic kids. They've been married 42 years and I'm happy they had sucess.

[@MrSkegman]

I saw her at the Red Toe in central Oregon almost 40 years past.I was impressed

[@saintninansplace]

Damn that band is so under energetic.

[@TravelinBand747]

That stage setup might have something to do with it. Not much room to move around there. Plus, it's a mid-tempo subdued song talking about leaving someone. Quarterflash had some other songs that were real rockers.

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Great stuff here. Thanks for posting.

[@Hansprivate]

I hate to say this but I totally remember watching this when it aired. I saw Quarterflash at the Water Front for some Rose Festival thing in 1989.

[@davidgilmour9447]

Thank God for the 80's musically, I sure pooched them personally, I needed a do-over.

[@BasementBerean]

I grew up in the Greenwood district of north Seattle. There was a club called the "G Note" tavern next to the Lucky supermarket (now part of the Greenwood Fred Meyer), and one day I saw on their sign that a band called "Seafood Mama" was playing there. I wondered what kind of band that was. Do they stink? I laughed it off. Then they became Quarterflash and I realized that I could have seen them in a very small venue before they became famous. D'oh!

[@randygoodman6004]

I was with a local Eugene band called Wheatfield, we played the G Note on a regular basis. Funny thing is we played at a club called The Earth in Portland a lot and right down the street Seafood Mama would be playing at the Blue Moon.

[@rubicon-oh9km]

Rindy was 29 here. She looks and sounds amazing and still does to this day.

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

And she has a booty... you see that thing from the side?

[@ShaggyDawg]

I was 24 in 1981 and doing field service out of L.A. I remember while at a job in Portland that year hearing from the locals that "Quarterflash used to be Seafood Mama." I was like "Oh, huh. Ok." So here I am 35 years later checking them out.

[@luishernando2795]

Love ittt

[@tomschultze7406]

Sea Food Moma started out play at venuse around Estacada and Portland areas.

[@kurtfoster3640]

they played at Murphy and Me in Eugene too.

[@enriquegarces7940]

¡1980!

[@paulthomson8824]

RINDY ROSS AND THE SEAFOOD MAMA BAND

[@hinjurock]

That drummer - LOL!

[@alanl1577]

Should've been in Revenge of the Nerds movie.

[@LDR1100RS]

This was their track on the original KGON album. I need to dig that thing out of the closet and digitize it.

[@dannymartinez9371]

Very theatrical voice.

[@erikanthony8412]

I wonder how the drummer felt when he lost his spot to guy with a lot hair. Image is everything I guess, he sounded pretty good to me. . It’s all about her anyway. She’s numero uno when it comes to talented chicks.

[@cadelk87]

what a jerk for speaking during the solo. I'd like to get ahold of that dude.

[@alovedone2251]

yeah, that was a total dic move doing that.

[@tod3msn]

It wasn't intentionally mean. They were trying to work in an ad or two. Actually, this show was in August of 1980 so the broadcast gave Marv and Rindy great exposure for this great song which fueled the impact of "Harden My Heart" that got them a record deal with Geffen.

[@curtisi4403]

@@tod3msn Very Right, this was how it was done before, pre Pop Up adds.

[@blebhan8213]

That's right, Al. You lost. And let me tell you what you didn't win...

[@losteroni]

Absolutely , However the song hadn't been recorded yet in a studio so it was kind of an ant-piracy tactic .

[@rickyvalentine5779]

Is that rindy Ross ? Before her official video

[@0sumgamezzz435]

Is that John Bonham bashing on the kit?

[@alanl1577]

Ummm.....no.

[@verutschkow]

So inspired by Pat Benatar ...

[@MrBlinkee]

Changing the name of the band no doubt helped them. But great sound no matter the name!

[@brianallancobb]

Ruined by the advertistment in the middle.

[@togspeedy7224]

I was enjoying that until the voice-over guy butted in.

[@errorsofmodernism9715]

Was someone drunk when they came up with the Seafood Mama name?

[@DigiPal]

I can hear some nervous musicians here...

[@m118lr]

THIS ain’t even HER band, dragging like crazy...

[@goodtoGoNow1956]

This is really kinda dead by comparison to QFlash. Much better with the later band.